It’s not even spring cleaning season yet. But when the mayor’s office put out the call for our junk, we answered. Saturday, February 9th was Ward 3’s “Roll-Off Day,” an opportunity to get rid of bulk trash and other unwanted items and do so close to home. The Mayor’s Office of the Clean City started […]

by Marlene Berlin I don’t know about you, but I find figuring out what to do with what we don’t use anymore or our waste is complicated and challenging. This all came to a head when one foot got wet working the polls on our rainy Election Day. I had been wearing my very dependable […]

by Marlene Berlin Wet streets and puddles are mostly a nuisance during the warmer times of year. But now, it’s road ice season. DDOT took care of one persistent trouble spot just before a Thanksgiving freeze. A clogged storm drain on Broad Branch Road between Soapstone Culvert and Brandywine Street had been causing puddling on […]

“Ready to rake, DC?” asks DPW’s 2018 leaf collection brochure. Someone needs to ask the trees. Some are giving up their leaves, but for the most part they are showing us their brilliant fall colors. Ready or not, the District began its first round of leaf collection this week. Homeowners who got the brochure in […]

The new, temporary home of DC Public Library’s DC history archive opens at 4340 Connecticut Avenue on Tuesday, September 11th. The UDC Law building will be home to the Washingtoniana Collection until the MLK Library renovation is completed in fall 2020. The Washingtoniana Collection’s hours are: Tuesdays and Thursdays: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesdays […]

They’re taking up space in the back of a utility closet, or in your basement or garage: stacks of half- or a quarter-full paint cans. Well, here’s your chance to get rid of them safely and free up that storage space – at no cost to you. This Saturday, July 28th, take your old paint […]

by Marlene Berlin A few nights ago my husband and I heard a tree crash down in a neighbor’s backyard. It landed away from her house but across two of her other neighbors’ yards. I called to see if she was all right. She was fine and no one was hurt. Then she called me […]

by Marlene Berlin To understand our water bill, we need to understand what DC Water does. The monthly bills would be a lot simpler if all DC Water did was supply us with clean water and take the waste water away from our homes and businesses. It does far more than that. Waste water comes […]

The holidays are over. Your evergreen is not as green as it was. It’s time to let it go. Here are two options: The first is the annual Christmas tree mulching at Murch Elementary’s temporary UDC location. Head over to Van Ness Street and the UDC service road between the Murch trailers and the UDC […]